East Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee

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East Memphis is a region of Memphis, Tennessee with several defined and informal subdivisions and neighborhoods such as Colonial Acres, White Station-Yates, Sherwood Forest, Normal Station, High Point Terrace, Belle Meade, Normandy Meadows, St. Nick, Pleasant Acres, Balmoral, and Ridgeway. The general boundaries are informal:

• On the West: Highland Street.
• On the South: I-240
• On the East: Traditionally, the eastern border was anything inside the I-240 loop, however, many extend this to the Germantown city limits and the Cordova community
• On the North: Sam Cooper Blvd.

The primary zip codes in this area are 38111, 38117, and 38157, including 38120 and 38119.^[1] In 1950, the eastern boundary of Memphis was essentially the western boundary of what is today East Memphis.^[2] By the mid-1960s, most of East Memphis inside the I-240 loop had been annexed by the city of Memphis.^[3]